Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-01-14
WHY NOT A BOOM FOR
H0PKINSVILLE?
Hopeful Condition of a City Worth
Sl,5oo,ooo and a County
Worth Sl2,ooo,ooo.
s5s5,45s on Deposit In Her Bankal

Situated in miserably sterile, un
healthy swamp, barren Of respectabl
vegetation, aud too poor to grow
cabbage which Longview darke,
would eat, or raise hill of potatoe
which DIR. iodman's Berkshire pig
would condescend to root up for
Sunday lunch, Birmingham, Ala, b,
mere force of enterprise and comb
nation of manufacturing capital. ha
In the space of some five years gath
cred a population of about 30,0OI
souls, number not much short O
the entire population of Christian
county. This infant municipal phe
nomenon,as the play bills have it, can
not fill its sucking-bottle for miles
around its marvellous cradle in which
1t kicks and squalls 80 Justify and Wig.
orously. II is an amazing example
of what enterprise and push can &C.
complish In a locality which must
import its bread aad risai from more
fertile districts, or perish Of hunger.
Now contrast the natural advan-
tages of Iiopkinsville with those OF
Birmingham and note the superiori-
~ of the former. For many years
past the salubrity and fertility of the
large grain aud tobacco region OF
which Hopkinsville is the center
have excited the admiration and
praise Of OGservant travellers. Its
rich dark tobaccos are known all over
the world. Its wheat is unsurpassed
for fineness, and Christian is the ban
ner wheat county of Kentucky. Its
flinty Willis corn is con top" for meal
aud hominy. Brownell, Ellis, Wood
and Edwards, make -four fit for a
kings table. Alternately, Wheeler,
Ragsdale, IIanbery and the Cant Il
Gather Co. handle 1900 hogsheads
Of tobacco yearly. Radford, Clardy
and other stock breeders raise short.
horns and liolsteins which rival the
flower of the Bluegrass pastures
George Green carries or a score OF
premiums for Attorneys at u Louis
vile cattle fair, aud is Lieutenant
General of tho Butter Brigade of the
southwest. DR.. James Rodman ;as
gentlemanly diversion from the
wcighty cares ola twenty-three years
SUPPLEMENTARY of his model Asy-
lum aud the pas;ime of quail-shoot-
ing, breeds herd of Jerseys whose
meek mild eyes and strutted teats
would gam them admission into any
fold in England "of like faith aud or
der" Fat Southdowns from Camp
BELLS and prize turkeys from thous-
and poultry yards tickle our palates
with their delicate juices. Downer's
Forest Nursery sends forth the far
famed Charles Downing strawberry
to every state of the Union, and Cox
brings fifty pound melons TO market.
A score ofother sub,tantials aud lux
aries might bc added had we space
aud were 1t needed. Let us turn
moment from generalities 10 official
figures.
According TO the books OF City
Treasurer, IL. Il. Littell, the assessed
value of Ilopkinsyille for 1886 was
,33l ,0S5. The actual value is al
least 81, 100000. The assessment of
the county for 1856 was over S6,OOO,-
100 dollars. The assessment for this
year is over 100000. The actual
wealth of Christian is estimated by
gentlemen thoroughly conversant
with the county to be at least sl2,-
10000 is and rapidly increasing.
Brethren and sisters, dwell we not
N land FLOWING with milk and hon
~, better than the Amorltes, the
Iebusites, the Utilities or the Pull
lights ever dreamed of? II Pilot |
Rock were placed on the lofty lawn
" South Kentucky College wouldn't
is charming prospec, make Mount
'isgah's panorama hide its diminish
ID head? Why, If sterile Birming-
lam had such store-house of pro-
'isions at her door she woull run
tark mad.
Yet only one-third of Hopkins
lilies advantages have been related.
twenty miles north of her limits on
he line of the ST. Louis Il South
Eastern division of the "Ellen N"
les the largest coal field in the Union,
md batteries of ovens are making
,ood coke within forty minutes ride
rom the city. Thirty miles south of
IS are the famous iron ore banks
pened forty years ago by the HILL
nan Brothers, who made fortune
I Empire Iron Works by making an
ron so tough and tenacious that il
pas said no steamboat boiler made
rom il had eyer burst. Coal, coke, \
ron ore, and bread and meat galore,
lied up TO the very chin of Hopkins
lille, who stands plumb IN the mid
lie of all this natural wealth, en-
Iarrassed with riches and nearly
mothered with the Amazing plenty
,oured upon her head by partial
And Aer three banks
lave just reported aggregate individ-
lal deposits of $595459l +
Is there not basishere right now for
substantial boomP 1t Is not who'll
y reasonable, in the face of these
facts, to say that Hopkinsville with
one half the enterprise, and one tenth
of the capital invested at Birming-
ham ought to gather In a population
of population of $4,000 within the
next five years.
r.n Laa, our invasfmpnla AT N